Western Australian Current Acts

BUILDING ACT 2011 - SECT 101

101 .         Powers after entry for compliance purposes

        (1)         An authorised person who enters a place under section 100(1) or under the authority of an entry warrant may, for compliance purposes, do any of the following —

            (a)         inspect the place and any thing at the place;

            (b)         search the place and any thing at the place;

            (c)         examine, measure, test, photograph or film the place and any thing at the place;

            (d)         operate a computer or other thing at the place;

            (e)         take any thing, or a sample of or from any thing, at the place for analysis or testing;

            (f)         make a copy of, take an extract from, or download or print out, any record or document that the authorised person suspects on reasonable grounds is a relevant record;

            (g)         seize any thing that is or may afford evidence of a contravention of a provision of this Act;

            (h)         if a thing found on the place cannot be conveniently removed, secure it against interference;

                  (i)         seize a record or document that the authorised person suspects on reasonable grounds is a relevant record and retain it for as long as is necessary for the purposes of this Act;

            (j)         direct a person who is at the place to do any of the following —

                  (i)         state the person’s full name, date of birth, the address of where the person is living and the address of where the person usually lives;

                  (ii)         answer (orally or in writing) questions asked by the authorised person;

                  (iii)         produce relevant records in the person’s custody or under the person’s control;

                  (iv)         operate a computer or other thing at the place;

                  (v)         provide access (free of charge) to photocopying equipment at the place to enable the copying of documents;

                  (vi)         give the authorised person a translation, code, password or other information necessary to gain access to or interpret and understand a record or document;

                  (vii)         give other assistance the authorised person reasonably requires;

            (k)         conduct an inspection or test of equipment, machinery or a system, or an existing building, under arrangements mentioned in section 45(2)(d) or 93(2)(d);

            (l)         take action under section 118(2);

            (m)         conduct a survey of a building or an incidental structure comprising or at the place.

        (2)         In taking action under section 118(2) in respect of a building order that requires a person to cause a building or incidental structure to be evacuated, an authorised person may direct any person to leave the building or incidental structure.

        (3)         If an authorised person takes any thing away from the place, the authorised person must give the occupier of the place a receipt for the thing.